Getting IU basketball players into the groove

7:45 PM,
Feb. 11, 2014

Written by

Zach Osterman
zach.osterman@indystar.com

Matt Englert takes his first cue from Je'Ney Jackson. If Indiana basketball's strength and conditioning coach has his head bobbing up and down, Englert know he's doing things right.

Englert, an IU graduate and Bloomington native, goes by DJ Unique at a local sports bar and on local radio. But in his role before basketball games at Assembly Hall, especially as tipoff nears, he sees himself as having a very narrow audience: IU's players.

"At the basketball games, I'm just playing for those guys," Englert said. "I'm sure it could be even better." ...